New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-22
THE VICTORIAN JUBILEE.
. CEREMONY WITHOUT A FLAW.
.ou pA1.IcE TO ABBEY THROUGH AN
INV" AVENUE OF LOVELY COLOR


rsrurNsrRR ABBEY-THE QUEEN
.,,,v,y DRESSED IN BLACK AND
cRAY-A SERVICE OF rHANxsaiV-
ING FOR AN HoNoRED AND
pENEFICRNT REIGN.
rsr CABLE TO THE TRlBUNri
c.,v,toht, 1897. North American oa'" "'S' W
,nvnoN. June 21.-A ceremony w1thouo l"ui' VI
4o,v wanting in no element Of dignity OF on'u'''
=, nomp Such Is the summary Oh tms
-. ao,, from BEGINNING to end. The pageant IL
.,.r the Jubilee is over, the Queen has gone W
o.. Abbcy and returned to her Palace ana ho' oh'
,.,.r or mistake has marred the royal progress OF
-, rot,rn. speak of what 1 have seen ana
- and Of that only. have seen the ceremony
T., tho Abbey have seen the return ProceS'i0'
,,or, what think its best point house ao hyuo
,,.,,, Co,oer Take both together take the day as
,,ho,e take the Abbey and the streets, the process
,,on inside and the procession outside ana ''''n
IN the whole have nowhere at any time wltneSSeo
, spectacle so splendid and impressive
+, do not mean that If the Queen had opened
.osr,, a, or laid corner stone the mere sHendor Oh
.sco OF glitter of trappings would have peeh hoie
remarkable than many others But thls ls ah
occasion which appeals to the imagination Us "cii
nc 70 the eve to historic sense not less thah 70
-...,n,o affect. Something, no doubt might nave
bcsn added. The Queen would Immensely nave
yratised her subjects had she worn the crown anu
rova, robes. Another battalion or two OF fooV
,,ards and Life Guards would not have peeh anliSs
.oa NOT nrscedent that musty mother OF mischief
prevented But what this vast multlVuoe III '"'
streets saw was ample to call forth admra'lon' aS
tho merc presence of the Queen was adequate 10
rrov o,,e every possible demonstration OF loyalty.
london was astir at daylight, waking gratefully
m a blaze of sunshine and had descended into the
streets long before its usual hour of breakfast Inc
no,ice took no lesson from yesterday, whch 'h'
nor,,ace on foot and the classes in carriages
,,oc,,oa every inch Of the route along which the
procession was to pass to-day. They adhered 10
tbe letter of their orders which tolerated trac ti
half past this morning. though hours oeiore
London was not only awake, but In motion 'owaru
the Abbey Omen at o, close at 10, were the ordeis
~ those who had the ordering Of the matter
Meaning to be early, drove into Pccadiiiy AT
HYDE par,, Corner at half past Z. 1t was aireaoS
=, homeless block 1 had police pass when gave
mo an absolute right Of way wherever 1t was
nhysically possible for carriage to move IL was
for a long time perfectly useless line Oh
vehicles was allowed to como westward, "hiie
vehicles going eastward were in five ranks ana
.itbcr at a standstill or moving now and then
forward at foot pace.
DECORATIONS IN PICCADIILY
To cut long story short, it took me an hour
and a quarter to get from Apsley House 10 d.
,James's-st. not over half mile. lhe deIay
mattered nothing. There was time enough, and
piccadily was itself spectacle. Nowhere were
decorations so abundant, costly, so elective or
90 original Lord Rothschild's home was worthy
of his name Apsley House did not disgrace the
memory of Wellington. Baroness Burdett-CoutUs
mansion was as rich as its benevolent o"hof'
peyonshire House had enlivened its gloomy court
yard and it's wall, fronting for hundred yarus
IN the street, with q gay)y decorated stand, ana
covered its terraces with flowers. Sir Algernon
Borthwiclxs house the most charming OF all
lIere Byron once lived and to-day it looked ike
the home of poet well as one OF the most
successful journalists of his time. From pavement
20 roof the front of this house was hung with
garlands and bouquets Of flowers. Lavish expense
and good taste had gone hand in hand. SO had
they elsewhere. If the delicate fancy OF the
French were lacking the loyal Briton sought to
make up by abundance for every deficiency of taste
No house that did not array itself in cloth of many
colos many that were rich with velvet, with
cloth Of gold, with oriental fabrics, with pendant
baskets of roses with faCs OF all nations. Arches
Of triumph spanned many street. Loyal mottoes
gold wherever you went. AT the bottom OF 81
James'sst rose tall, solid columns on either side
n white and gold Waterloo Place was a forest
Of fanciful structures that filed but did not
aarllen its broad spaces.
The Queen, in one word, drove all the way from
Constitution Hill to Westminster through one long
avenue of lovely color Far more lovely TO her
no doubt, the loyalty which expressed ltseii
in cheers from the immense multitude who come
abroad to welcome her. To enter the Abbey out
,f these gay .treets and hurrying crowds was ike
entering another world Certainly it was shock
TO be shown along passages and staircases freshly
built of deal, to men wearing hats far Inside
this sacred fabric. But once inside all sense OF
acrilcge vanished. Too much has been said about
The dissertation of the Abby. / never cared to sec
II in its scaolded state. Possibly to-day 1t looked
slightly amnhitheatrcal, with tiers upon tiers OF
crimson seats rising from the mosaic pavement tc
the clesestory and against the east window almost
the groined roof itself but if have Joined In any
protests against what has been done In the Abbey
retract them. What has been done was well
done The architect Of this great church certainly
never forcsaw that it would be used for Jubilee
celebration No bulldog could be worse adapted